USS Ohio

Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Ohio, named for Ohio, admitted to the Union March 1, 1803, as the 17th State.

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• The first Ohio was a schooner on Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
• The second Ohio was a ship of the line launched in 1820 and in use as a warship until 1850, then later a receiving ship.
• The third USS Ohio (BB-12) was a Maine-class pre-Dreadnought battleship.
• The fourth ship of this name was USS Ohio (BB-68), a Montana class battleship cancelled before her keel was laid down.
• The fourth ship commissioned with this name was USS Ohio (SSBN-726), the lead ship of the Ohio class of nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarines.
• A large American-owned oil tanker, the MV Ohio took part in the August, 1942 convoy to relieve the island of Malta.

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